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Leveraging Purchasing Power for Business & Community Impact

Join us in Vancouver on November 20 for a new workshop to learn how sustainable, best value purchasing can enhance your business and help generate social, environmental and financial benefits.

Here's an opportunity to build a strong supply chain and boost customer and employee loyalty. Take away practical tools, scorecards and product guidelines to customize your own purchasing policies and practices.

The workshop is hosted by the Strathcona Business Improvement Association, BuySmart Network, Ecotrust Canada, Light House Sustainable Building Centre and One Earth, with support from the Vancouver Foundation and Discovery Parks.

Privacy Policy

Last updated online: March 2011

The Fraser Basin Council is committed to respecting your privacy.

To fulfil that commitment and meet the standards set by BC’s Personal Information Protection Act, FBC has adopted a privacy policy and appointed a Privacy Officer.

Please read the privacy policy for details on how FBC manages and protects personal information. This web page explains use of personal information relating specifically to this website.

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Questions?

If you have questions about FBC’s privacy policy or about use of your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer at the Basin-wide office: by email at info [AT] fraserbasin.bc.ca, by telephone at (604) 488-5362, or by mail Fraser Basin Council, 1st Floor, 470 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1V5.

Program Vision

The vision of the BuySmart Network is for organizations in all sectors to recognize sustainable purchasing as smart purchasing and to make it integral to their operations.

Our Work

The BuySmart Network helps public, private and non-profit organizations learn how to purchase products and services that offer social, economic and environmental benefits and to create a sustainable purchasing strategy that supports their own goals.

Our Sponsors

The work of the BuySmart Network is possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, along with the contributions of partners, advisors and a circle of participants. Find out more.

Reach Us

BuySmart is a program of the Fraser Basin Council (FBC), a charitable non-profit society that advances sustainability in the Fraser River Basin, across BC, and beyond. Established in 1997, FBC brings people together from multiple sectors to learn about sustainability and find collaborative solutions to current issues.

For more on the BuySmart Network, contact bpurdy [AT] fraserbasin.bc.ca, Director of External Relations and Corporate Development at the Fraser Basin Council.